Researchers from Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) team recently won the 2020 Rural and Environmental Research Award for the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Aging & Public Health Section for their work with family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
SHERC is a grant-funded initiative of the Center for Health… Read more
How are aging family caregivers coping with the added pressures of caring for their loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) during the current pandemic?
Six researchers from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) recently published a commentary in the Public Policy and… Read more
NAU News Feature
October 3, 2019
When NAU researcher Heather Williamson wanted to explore how Native American adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their family caregivers experience health and wellness, she thought it was best to let them show her by taking their own photos.
“Having a photo to look at helped create conversation,” Williamson said. “If I asked a… Read more